Operation ANODE: Image Gallery
28 April 2006
D Company, 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) on patrol in Honiara
Operation ANODE is the name of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) contribution to the Australian-led Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI).
RAMSI's assistance is known as Operation HELPEM FREN (Solomons Pidgin for 'helping friends').
RAMSI's mission is to assist the Solomon Islands' Government in restoring law and order.
The military component of RAMSI comprises personnel from five troop contributing nations.
They are; Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Tonga.
The main task for the military component is to provide security for RAMSI's multinational Participating Police Force.
| 20060426adf8143085_004 Children of Honiara play in the street while Australian soldiers assist the Solomon Islands Government to restore law and order. (Date taken: 26 April 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20060426adf8143085_007 Private Chris Bolton from the 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), of Townsville, finds common ground talking with some Solomon Islands children who spent three years in Townsville while their father completed a PhD in Marine Biology. (Date taken: 26 April 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20060426adf8143085_009 A member of D Company, the 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), takes a break during a patrol in Honiara. (Date taken: 26 April 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20060426adf8143085_010 Private James Breckell from D Company, the 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) , talks with Solomon Islands children about their shared interest in the band Metallica. (Date taken: 26 April 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20060426adf8143085_012 Local children tail Australian soldiers patrolling in the hills near Honiara. The soldiers are from D Company, the 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), based in Townsville. (Date taken: 26 April 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20060426adf8143085_016 Soldiers from D Company, the 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), on patrol in the hills near Honiara, Solomon Islands. (Date taken: 26 April 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20060426adf8143085_018 An Australian soldier from D Company, the 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), on patrol in the hills of Honiara. (Date taken: 26 April 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20060426adf8143085_022 Solomon Islands children, used to the sight of Australian soldiers helping to restore order on their streets, appear whenever the soldiers are on patrol. (Date taken: 26 April 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20060426adf8143085_029 An Australian soldier on patrol in Honiara. (Date taken: 26 April 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20060426adf8143085_033 On patrol in Honiara, a soldier from D Company, the 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, shares his rations with some of the local children. (Date taken: 26 April 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20060426adf8143085_036 Watched by Australian soldiers providing security at an official compound in Honiara, Solomon Islanders respond to the resignation of the Prime Minister, Snyder Rini. (Date taken: 26 April 2006) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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